As a boy, David Livingstone worked 14 hours a day in the Glasgow cotton mills, but he grew up to be a legendary explorer. He travelled all over Africa, often to places where no white man had ever gone before, and had many narrow escapes. He was attacked by poison arrows, mauled by lions and consumed by ants. One of his companions was eaten by cannibals. Through all his explorations, Livingstone never forgot the hardships of his childhood: he did much to campaign against the African slave trade. But he was no saint. In this book, Amanda Mitchison portrays the lfe of one of the great Victorian heroes - warts and all.

 

This book is part of a book series called Who Was .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Short Books Ltd .

Amanda Mitchison is the author of Alexander Selkirk: The Real Robinson Crusoe (Short Books). She lives in Bristol, and has two young sons.